Conficker Worm Hits University Of Utah Computers

The University of Utah found its network under attack by the Conficker Worm, which has been ratcheting up its activity lately. Sharp-eyed administrators noticed that their network was slowing down, and found a...

97% of All Email is Spam

According to a Microsoft study, 97% of all email sent is spam. Surely Redmond's willingness to sell Hotmail addresses to marketers has nothing to do with that. Anyway, BBC has a great article about the situation...

Conficker Virus

"The threat is still there. These guys are smart; they are not going to pull any obvious strings when there are so many eyeballs on the problem." A task force assembled by Microsoft has been working to stamp...

Memo says Conficker worm virus infects Parliament

The IT department of the House of Commons is reporting their network has been infected by the Conficker worm. They are attempting to clean up the virus, all mass storage devices (USB and MP3 players) are being...

Microsoft Bounty for Downadup/Conficker Virus Creator

According to Arbor Networks the Downadup/Conficker Virus has already affected as many as 12 million computers worldwide. Microsoft is now offering $250,000 to whoever finds who is behind the virus. " Since it...

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